When something smells, this patent will tell you why

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Apparatus, system, and method for automatic airborne contaminant analysis, patent No. 8,331,620, invented by Robert Branham of Provo, and David Branham of Provo, assigned to Liberty Standard LLC of Provo.

Compositions that include a hydrophobic compound and a polyamino acid conjugate, patent No. 8,329,199, invented by Sang Van of San Diego, Calif., Yucheng Song of Salt Lake City, Xinghe Wang of San Diego, Calif., Zheng Hou of San Diego, Calif., Zhongling Feng of San Diego, Calif., Gang Zhao of Vista, Calif., and Lei Yu of Carlsbad, Calif., assigned to Nitto Denko Corp. of Osaka, Japan.

Semiconductor die packages using thin dies and metal substrates, patent No. 8,329,508, invented by Hamza Yilmaz of Saratoga, Calif., Steven Sapp of Felton, Calif., Qi Wang of Sandy, Minhua Li of Sandy, James J. Murphy of South Jordan, and John Robert Diroll of Sandy, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. of San Jose, Calif.

Shielded gate trench FET with an inter-electrode dielectric having a low-k dielectric therein, patent No. 8,329,538, invented by James Pan of West Jordan, and James J. Murphy of South Jordan, assigned to Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. of South Portland, Maine.

Alkylated semi synthetic glycosaminoglycosan ethers, and methods for making and using thereof, patent No. 8,329,673, invented by Glenn D. Prestwich of Eastsound, Wash., Jianxing Zhang of Salt Lake City, Thomas P. Kennedy of Charlotte, N.C., and Narayanam V. Rao of Salt Lake City, assigned to the University of Utah Research Foundation of Salt Lake City.

Video conference system with symmetric reference, patent No. 8,330,791, invented by Mark E. Gorzynski of Corvallis, Ore., and David R. McKinney of West Jordan, assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. of Houston, Texas.

Everett Robinson, who is an attorney registered with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, compiles this list weekly for the Salt Lake Tribune. Mr. Robinson can be reached at 801-649-5858. For more patents, see the Money page at sltrib.com, go to Sections on the left-hand side and click Patents.

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